Wikijunior talk:Languages/Latin

I dont know who is responsible for the latin citation but I'd rather check the translation again, cause it's completely wrong. Just an exemple? The forte word doesnt mean brave but it's a shorter form of fortasse=maybe, in case... --Chasseurmic 19:38, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

And, by the way, I don't know why the author of this page has chosen a Catullus' carmen (14b) which is incomplete. In fact the above cited phrase lacks of its final part and therefore has not a complete sense. I guess this is because you've mistaken the meaning of forte. The right translation would be: Just in case/ If you would be readers of my foolishness and you would not tremble so to put your hands on my poems... --Chasseurmic 19:44, 16 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I was the one who put the last poem in there. I hadn't touched up on my Latin in a while, and now that I look at it again, yeah, that was a pretty bad translation.  Apologies.


 * I put the first two lines of Ovid's Trista in, and I'm pretty sure I got the translation right this time. --Limetom 03:12, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Another poem
Here is a small fragment of a poem I memorized back in 8th grade (I forgot the rest). Unfortunately my Latin proofreading skills are seriously fried, so, if someone else can, we can put it in.

Ecce Radarius Cursor Premarous Per Temerarus Radea exagitat se cruce presignat ut salvum rediat

18:24, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

The term "Extinct Langage"
I think that it is a mistake to use the term "Extinct Langage" in reference to Latin, as it IS spoken regularly in Vatican City and is the official language there. Besides, it still exists. If it exisits, it isn't extinct. Therefore, I propose something like "Latin was originally the language poken by the ancient Romans, but it is now only spoken in Vatican City." - or something similar (someone smarter than me will have to come up with the wording.) Any thoughts?--Sowsearsoup 03:23, 30 September 2006 (UTC)


 * The current version of the module states that Latin is "endangered." While it may not be completely extinct (it has speakers, if no native ones), it could hardly be called "endangered" in the sense that most endangered languages are endangered, as it is in no risk of dying out altogether in the near future. Therefore, while calling it "extinct" or "dead" may be unsatisfactory, calling it endangered is potentially misleading to the reader--Arminius 00:58, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

I've just been rewriting part of the module because, while I thought that earlier writers/editors had written well, in places it seemed to difficult for children. Someone had already removed "extinct language". The word "extinct" may have been replaced with "dead". If by "dead" we mean no one learns it as their first language, then it is "dead". I thought the module needed an introductory sentence so I wrote one along the lines suggested by Arminius. Judith M (discuss • contribs) 03:46, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Sorry, having posted my message I've just realised that it was Sowsearsoup and not Arminius who made the suggestion I referred to. Judith M (discuss • contribs) 03:52, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Second line of the Tristia and the state of Latin
The translation of the line "ei mihi, quod domino non licet ire tuo!" as "Go on - go to the city forbidden to me - forbidden to your master" seems a little strange. Why is "mihi" translated as serving the same grammatical function as "domino...tuo"? Could "mihi" be translated as a Dative of Reference, and the line thus be rendered as "Go for me [i.e. "in my place"], because it is not permitted for your master to go" (I'll admit that this isn't the most flowing translation, of course)? Any thoughts?--Arminius 00:58, 16 January 2007 (UTC)